Monday, 8/23: These were difficult days because Dad kept getting dressed and threatening to "walk" to the hospital. I was by myself and I had a difficult time redirecting him once he's made up his mind. Tuesday was a bit better a DH and his brother decided to play "daycare" and took Dad with them to the shop. That didn't work out too well. I had to go to Medicaid and drop off some documents for both Dad and Ma.
That afternoon both me and Dad had a doctor's appointment. Dad was getting very impatient having to wait at the clinic. The nurses even had to find me in one of the examining rooms because he was looking for me. All the while he keeps asking for Ma, wondering when he's going to talk to her, when we're going to visit. Later that day we found out that Ma got approved for Medicaid effective August 19th. Yay!
Wednesday, we decided to take him to the adult day care center. What a difference that made! At least we were all able to take a breather and get some things done. I applied for Kupuna Elder Care which provides free Daycare scholarsips and we were able to get 2 full days of Daycare free. All we need to come up with is 3 days a week.
Thursday K and I had to go to Maui Memorial to see the discharge nurse. We had to sign papers notifying us that there was a change in her health and that her normal medical insurance would not cover her stay in the hospital. That's OK, medicaid said they would cover. In the meantime, Kula had made a bed offer for Ma and she would be moved the following Monday. So far so good.
I want to take this time to thank all of the siblings and their kids for taking the time to call my FIL and keep him "entertained," while we worked on the details and met with social workers at the various hospitals. I will keep you posted.
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